HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
Start: 01/16/2006

220060370001 · 01/16/2006 · Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by flying object
Occupation: Haul/Off road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber tire truck driver, Transportation truck driver
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.23 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Lafarge S A
Operator: Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
Mine: 1800009

Narrative

Employee was removing and replacing the worn teeth on a Caterpillar 992G loader bucket. Employee struck the tooth with a sledge hammer and a piece of the tooth came off and punctured the employee's stomach. He was taken to a local ER where they did an MRI and decided to leave the small piece of metal in him. He received stitches and was released to full duty.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown